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August 29th, 2015
UPDATE: At least 20 dead in Dominica due to Tropical Storm Erika

By CARLISLE JNO BAPTISTE and DANICA COTO

ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Rescue crews jumped off boats and trudged Saturday through mud, rocks and uprooted trees to reach communities cut off by a tropical storm that killed at least 20 people and left nearly 50 missing in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica.

August 28th, 2015
UPDATE: ‘All clear! It’s back to work!’ – says NEOC

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) has advised residents of the Virgin Islands that the Acting Governor, Mrs. V. Inez Archibald, CBE in consultation with the Director of the National Emergency Operations Centre, Ms Sharleen S. DaBreo is satisfied that the immediate threat posed by Tropical Storm Erika to the territory is over.

August 27th, 2015
Tropical storm Erika nearing the Virgin Islands

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At 5:00 p.m., August 27, 2015, the centre of Tropical Storm Erika was estimated near latitude 16.6 degrees north, longitude 64 degrees west or about 117 miles east-southeast of the Virgin Islands (VI).

August 23rd, 2015
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Danny further weakening

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Tropical Storm Danny is continuing to weaken as it approaches the Leeward Islands.

October 12th, 2012
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Rafael in the Eastern Caribbean

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Antigua Met Service has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Virgin Islands as Disturbance 58 has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Rafael in the Eastern Caribbean Sea.

August 23rd, 2012
UPDATE: Governor McCleary issues an all clear

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The National Emergency Operations Center is advising the BVI community that the Governor has consulted with the Director of Disaster Management and is satisfied that the immediate threat is over and has issued the official all clear.

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